Chris_R

Since they'll have loads of stock of things, best thing to do would be to book up ALL the stock of a certain item? Ideally something popular. Guess I'm going to have to break my self-imposed ban on using their website....

Shameless.

Why has the title changed? Isn't this sending a mixed message? The campaign is IfRafaGoesWeGo, shouldn't we stick to that?

That's an absolutely spectacular result considering it was hardly a coordinated reaction. Let's hammer absolutely anything he has anything to do with. This. They need to feel like WW1 troopers in the trenches, and if they stick their heads out by posting, this will happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6AtG4pmX_Y

Nah, gan local. Start Fitness/Start Football or whatever it is. Whilst I admire that sentiment, it only works in the North East. Hit him nationally. DW is his main rival, not some NE-only brand. That'll hurt him the most, which is what matters. Strikes me as another one of those do what feels right for you. E.g. I'm a southerner so my instinct is to say DW with no knowledge of NE sports shops. But if you want to push people toward a local business then do it. The sort of action right now doesn't need to be concerted to that extent. Just keep hitting him wherever you think it hurts best imo. I can get behind that sentiment entirely.

Nah, gan local. Start Fitness/Start Football or whatever it is. Whilst I admire that sentiment, it only works in the North East. Hit him nationally. DW is his main rival, not some NE-only brand. That'll hurt him the most, which is what matters.

If the greater mass of people could be trusted to just waste their time and therefore impede their ability to be productive and consequently hit SD however indirectly, I'd say go for them. But I just know too many would throw personal abuse at them and be generally unpleasant, so I tend to agree with you.

We'll bid £14.9 and refuse to go higher. #WeTried

Whilst Sports Direct are not posting, is it worth using that time to create a few throw-away twitter accounts? Just a thought, might be worth using the time wisely and having a bit of a stockpile ready!

Actually hitting stores like Debenhams is a great idea. Ashley can't dictate they block us because he's only a major shareholder, not a majority shareholder. And it'll likely affect the thoughts of the remaining shareholders quite a bit, and there's not a thing he can do about it.

I love that they're resorting to blocking people. Someone with access still, send them a link explaining what the "Streisand effect" is - they've obviously never heard of it.

He should be hammered from every conceivable angle. Nothing is too small. Nothing is "not worth bothering with". Anything (legal) that hurts Mike Ashley or his business interests by any amount, no matter how large or how small, should be done and done repeatedly. There's hundreds of thousands of us. We really can make a difference. Aside from that, those saying he doesn't care or is too thick skinned are, in my considered opinion, completely wrong. He's a man-child of Trumpian proportions and about as thin-skinned as people come. Don't confuse him not giving public statements with him not being able to be got at. Look what's happened in the past, the slightest whiff of protest and he bites in some way. Let's bring this cunt down. Enough is enough.

How do other clubs manage, don't they have wages to pay as well? Not a serious question, obviously, because we all know the answer already.

I'll define "wasting my time" for them. Wasting my time is supporting a club that doesn't try. Wasting my time is refreshing the transfer rumour thread. Wasting my time is feeling despondent all weekend after another defeat when we've fielded a team that's too weak for the league we're in. Wasting my time is wondering each day if Rafa has received the assurances he needs and has signed a new contract. All of that is wasting my time. Putting some tangible effort into getting this pariah away from our club is, to me, a bloody good use of my time.

Edit - Nonsense.

You don't get a pay-off if you're sacked for gross misconduct. Running your mouth off about your boss is gross misconduct. Rafa is doing absolutely the right thing by keeping quiet and saying nothing.

Yeah, incompetence indicates attempting to do something but making a mess of it despite your best intentions. We just don't even fucking try.

This. Every word of it.

This. I mean clearly I want him to stay, but my respect for him would if anything increase if he just turned tail and walked away, sticking 2 fingers up at this regime in the process.

Yeah but some of them were pens so it doesn't count. He's shit.

I've saved this to tweet "Sunderland fans still looking for three points" when the loose their first game of the season. Looks about as full as most match days.

I'd wager that Rotherham did that with largely the same squad and not a whole new team of inferior players Was going to say the same. Sunderland are having to rip up their squat and start again, with a budget of 0. I still think they'll be fine but it does have the potential to be hilarious.

Well Donald's not wrong. Things don't show up on your radar when they're already in your fucking boat.

Don't worry, we'll peddle Lascelles soon enough.

http://darlingtonfootballclub.co.uk/video-darlington-v-sunderland-goal-available-now/ If anyone fancies a mild chuckle.